Intimacy Coordinator
Meleza S Morris is a multi-faceted intimacy coach and coordinator focusing on Film, Television, Diversity and Inclusion. They are a proud accomplice and advocate serving BDSM/Kink culture, the LGBTQ+ and Ethically Non-Monogamous communities.
They strive to empower safer environments and human connection with consent based language and actions. They are a trauma informed facilitator and active student of non-violent communication skills.
What is Intimacy?
Intimacy is the state of being intimate. It involves the feeling of being in a close, personal association and “belonging” together. At the heart of intimacy there is empathy, understanding and compassion.
An Intimate Relationship is an interpersonal relationship that involves a physical or emotional relationship and can be commonly, but not exclusively, a sexual relationship.
What is Consent?
noun a voluntary agreement to another’s proposition
verb to voluntarily agree to an act or proposal of another, which may range from contracts to sexual relations.
Express Consent is a clear and voluntary indication of preference or choice, usually oral or written, and freely given in circumstances where the available options and their consequences have been made clear (informed consent).
Freely Given: a choice that is made without pressures or influence of drugs/alcohol.
Reversible: consent can be reduced or withdrawn - at any time!
Informed: true consent can only be given if everyone has the facts.
Enthusiastic: If someone doesn’t seem enthusiastic (meaning happy, excited, or energized), stop and check in.
Specific: Saying “yes” to one thing does not guarantee “yes” to something else; context is very important!
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent!”
—Eleanor Roosevelt